Some cool RAW vegan imitations of cooked foods! Pizza, lasagna, cheese sandwitches...

[lianabanana]

Raw Living Pizza:

serves 4-6 people

Crust
3/4 cup golden flax seeds (ground fine)
2 cups almonds (ground fine)
2 cups sunflower seeds (ground fine)
2 tbs. olive oil
2 tsp. dried basil
2 cloves fresh garlic (chopped)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3-4 tbs. honey
1/2 cup water or as needed

How to: Put the water, honey, salt, basil and olive oil in a food processor. Pulse everything till smooth. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine the flax, almonds, and sunflower seed powders. Pour the water mixture on top, using your hands form into a big mound. Add more water if necessary. Knead the dough to form a smooth round. Give it a taste to test for seasonings. If it needs more salt add some. Divide the mound into four equal sections. Form these into balls. Take the first ball and put it onto a teflex sheet. Shape it into a thin round. About 4 mm thick. Make the "lip" (crust) around the pizza a little thicker. Do the same thing for the other mounds. Place each tray of pizza into a dehydrator set to 105 F. for 10 hours. Then remove from teflex sheet and continue to dehydrate on the tray for 10 more hours. Leave pizzas in the dehydrator until ready to put the sauce and toppings on.

Tomato Sauce
8 roma tomatoes (chopped)
1 cup sun dried tomatoes (soaked for 2 hrs., save soaked water)
3 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. thyme
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
2 tbs. olive oil
3 dates (pitted)
1 tbs. lemon juice
Salt to taste

How to: Put everything in a blender, add the tomato soak water and blend till thick. Set aside.

Ricotta cheeze
1 cup almonds (soaked for 8 hrs.)
1/2 cup truly raw cashews
1 cup pure water
1 tbs. lemon juice
1 tsp. Celtic sea salt
2 cloves garlic

How to: Blend everything up till smooth and thick. Add more salt if needed. Put mixture in a glass bowl and cover with a clean cloth. Let stand for 6 hrs. at room temperture.

Toppings
Chopped sun dried olives, fresh herbs, zuhchkinni slices, chopped tomatoes, slices avocados, pesto, chopped pineapple, slivered red onions, edible flowers, etc...

Assembly: If possible serve the pizzas in pizza boxes. Take one pizza, put it into the box, spread the tomato sauce on the pizza crust. Add dallops of cheeze all around and then throw some toppings on top. Garnish with edible flowers and close the lid of the box. Decorate the box if you like! Enjoy warm with a light salad.

[lianabanana]

Cheese sandwiches:

Pine nuts
Sea salt
Flax seeds
Water

You salt the pine nuts (fined) - cheese
Make bread using flax seeds and water

There you go!

This recipe was made by angela, a friend of mine from my board. :)

[lianabanana]

Raw Lasagna:

This lasagna has multiple layers and a rich flavor that will tantalize your taste buds.
A must try for everyone!

Tomato Sauce
2 cups sun dried tomatoes soaked for 6 hrs.
7 roma tomatoes
4 garlic gloves
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbs. red or yellow onion
3 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. dried basil
1-2 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 tbs. agave nectar or 3 pitted dates

How to: Blend everything together till smooth. Set aside.

Mushroom layer
3-4 cups mushrooms (sliced)
3 tbs. or more of raw soy sauce or 1 tbs. miso and 2 tbs. water
2 tbs. olive oil

How to: Marinate mushrooms in the soy sauce for 2 hours. Drain and set aside.

Noodle sheets & marinated veggies
4 zucchini

1/2 small onion sliced really thin
1 red bell pepper sliced really thin
1 yellow bell pepper sliced really thin
2 tbs. olive oil
2 tbs. lemon juice

How to: Cut the zucchini on a mandolin into into wide, paper-thin slices. Set aside. Combine the onion and the bell pepper in a bowl with the oil, lemon juice and salt and let marinate for 16hrs in the fridge.

Herb Ricotta Cheeze
1 cup raw cashews
1/2 cup mac nuts
2 tbs. pine nuts
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbs. lemon juice
1 tsp. fresh basil, dill, oregano, parsley, etc..
1 cup and 2 tbs. of water, or less

How to: Combine everything in a food processor and process till smooth. Add more water to give it a ricotta cheeze consistency, add less water if too watery. When smooth, put into a glass bowl, cover it with a moist terry cloth towel and set it out for 6 hrs. at room temp. After 6 hrs. keep it refrigerated till ready to use.

1 cup spinach
1/2 cup chopped drained raw olives
1/2 cup fresh basil

Making the lasagna: Put thin slices of the zucchini on the bottom of a glass lasagna pan. Top this layer with a thin layer of the ricotta cheeze, top the cheeze layer with a layer of mushrooms, then again the zucchini, top that layer with the tomato sauce, top the tomato sauce layer with a layer of the sliced onions, red and yellow peppers, top that with a layer of more zucchini slices, layer on top of that with more ricotta cheese, then top it with a layer of the spinach leaves, top that with mushrooms, and then some marinated sliced onions, red and yellow peppers, then again with the zucchini and then top the whole thing with the tomato sauce and garnish the top with chopped olives and fresh basil leaves. Now, cover (plastic wrap) the lasagna and place it into the fridge to set up, about 3-5 hours.

That's it! It looks kinda hard, but if you break it down, it's really easy. You and your family are worth it! Make it once or twice a week. Add marinated eggplant as one of the layers, or your favorite veggie. You can cut a piece and put it into the dehydrator so it will get warm and then serve it. Raw food doesn't have to be served cold. Enjoy!

www.rawguru.com/recipe13.html

[Tigerlily]

Oh that raw "cheese" sounds yummy. What does "salt the pine nuts" mean? Add salt to them?

[lianabanana]

Oh that raw "cheese" sounds yummy. What does "salt the pine nuts" mean? Add salt to them?

Yup - add to taste. :) Glad you like it. You must try it!

[PinkLogik]

These sound great lianabanana, thanks! :)

However, I would personally omit the honey ingredient from the first recipe, as I don't regard honey as vegan, as do many others.

See here (http://veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8).

[ConsciousCuisine]

These sound great lianabanana, thanks! :)

However, I would personally omit the honey ingredient from the first recipe, as I don't regard honey as vegan, as do many others.

See here (http://veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8).

Yes, agave subs nicely.

Liana, these recipes look familiar, where did you get them? Then again, all raw recipes are pretty similar :)

[lianabanana]

I got 2 of them from rawguru.com, I posted a link I think below the recipe. Awesome site.

[BadBoredBony]

Raw Living Pizza:

serves 4-6 people

Crust
3/4 cup golden flax seeds (ground fine)
2 cups almonds (ground fine)
2 cups sunflower seeds (ground fine)
2 tbs. olive oil
2 tsp. dried basil
2 cloves fresh garlic (chopped)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3-4 tbs. honey
1/2 cup water or as needed

How to: Put the water, honey, salt, basil and olive oil in a food processor. Pulse everything till smooth. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine the flax, almonds, and sunflower seed powders. Pour the water mixture on top, using your hands form into a big mound. Add more water if necessary. Knead the dough to form a smooth round. Give it a taste to test for seasonings. If it needs more salt add some. Divide the mound into four equal sections. Form these into balls. Take the first ball and put it onto a teflex sheet. Shape it into a thin round. About 4 mm thick. Make the "lip" (crust) around the pizza a little thicker. Do the same thing for the other mounds. Place each tray of pizza into a dehydrator set to 105 F. for 10 hours. Then remove from teflex sheet and continue to dehydrate on the tray for 10 more hours. Leave pizzas in the dehydrator until ready to put the sauce and toppings on.

Tomato Sauce
8 roma tomatoes (chopped)
1 cup sun dried tomatoes (soaked for 2 hrs., save soaked water)
3 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 tsp. thyme
2 cloves garlic (chopped)
2 tbs. olive oil
3 dates (pitted)
1 tbs. lemon juice
Salt to taste

How to: Put everything in a blender, add the tomato soak water and blend till thick. Set aside.

Ricotta cheeze
1 cup almonds (soaked for 8 hrs.)
1/2 cup truly raw cashews
1 cup pure water
1 tbs. lemon juice
1 tsp. Celtic sea salt
2 cloves garlic

How to: Blend everything up till smooth and thick. Add more salt if needed. Put mixture in a glass bowl and cover with a clean cloth. Let stand for 6 hrs. at room temperture.

Toppings
Chopped sun dried olives, fresh herbs, zuhchkinni slices, chopped tomatoes, slices avocados, pesto, chopped pineapple, slivered red onions, edible flowers, etc...

Assembly: If possible serve the pizzas in pizza boxes. Take one pizza, put it into the box, spread the tomato sauce on the pizza crust. Add dallops of cheeze all around and then throw some toppings on top. Garnish with edible flowers and close the lid of the box. Decorate the box if you like! Enjoy warm with a light salad.

your recipes sound really mouth-watering... don't want to be pedantic... but honey is not actually vegan... but you could easily replace that with marple syrup.

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xxx

[ConsciousCuisine]

honey is not actually vegan... but you could easily replace that with marple syrup. Yes, but then it wouldn't be 'RAW' either :p Agave nectar really is the best substitute, or dates, pureed with a bit of water, coconut water or other liquid ;)

Conscious Cuisine<< Pedant? :D